He sent them to Bethlehem. He said,“ Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report it to me. Then I can go and worship him too.”

就差他们往伯利恒去，说：“你们去仔细寻访那小孩子，寻到了就来报信，我也好去拜他。”

就派他们往伯利恒去，说：“你们去仔细寻访那小孩子，找到了就来报信，我也好去拜他。”

就派他们往伯利恒去，说：“你们去仔细寻访那小孩子，找到了就来报信，我也好去拜他。”

然后派他们去伯利恒，并吩咐道：“你们去仔细寻访那个小孩，找到了，就回来报信，我也好去朝拜祂。”

然后派他们到伯利恒去，说：“你们去细心寻访那小孩，找到了就向我报告，好叫我也去拜他。”

然后打发他们前往伯利恒，说：“你们去仔细查问有关那孩子的事，一旦查出来了就向我报告，好让我也去拜他。”

就差他們往伯利恆去，說：「你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子，尋到了就來報信，我也好去拜他。」

就派他們往伯利恆去，說：「你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子，找到了就來報信，我也好去拜他。」

就派他們往伯利恆去，說：「你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子，找到了就來報信，我也好去拜他。」

然後派他們去伯利恆，並吩咐道：「你們去仔細尋訪那個小孩，找到了，就回來報信，我也好去朝拜祂。」

然後派他們到伯利恆去，說：“你們去細心尋訪那小孩，找到了就向我報告，好叫我也去拜他。”

就打發他們往伯利恆去，說：『你們去仔細探問那小孩子的事；找着了，就報告我，我也好去拜他。』

然後打發他們前往伯利恆，說：「你們去仔細查問有關那孩子的事，一旦查出來了就向我報告，好讓我也去拜他。」

遂遣之往伯利恆曰、爾往詳訪嬰兒、遇則告我、我亦往拜之、

遂遣之往伯利恆、云、爾往、勤訪嬰兒、遇則告我、我亦將往拜、

遂遣之往伯利恆、曰、爾往勤訪嬰兒、遇則報我、俾我亦往拜之、

遣其赴百利恆曰：『爾且往究嬰孩虛實、訪得回報、吾亦欲朝拜也。』

He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“ Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying,“ Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”

Then he told them,“ Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”

He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“ Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.”

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said,“ Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said,“ Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“ Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him.”

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found[ him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“ Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

He sent them to Bethlehem, and said,“ Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”

The religious leaders sent spies to keep a close watch on Jesus. The spies pretended to be sincere. They hoped they could trap Jesus with something he would say. Then they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.So the spies questioned Jesus.“ Teacher,” they said,“ we know that you speak and teach what is right. We know you don’t favor one person over another. You teach the way of God truthfully.

On that day 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards. They had torn their clothes. And they had cut themselves. They brought grain offerings and incense with them. They took them to the Lord’ s house.Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah to meet them. He was weeping as he went. When he met them, he said,“ Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.”They went with him into the city. Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him killed them. And they threw them into an empty well.

The Lord blocks the sinful plans of the nations. He keeps them from doing what they want to do.But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever. What he wants to do will last for all time.

He stops the evil plans of those who are clever. The work of their hands doesn’t succeed.Some people think they are so wise. But God catches them in their own tricks. He sweeps away the evil plans of sinful people.

The people who had returned from Babylon were building a temple to honor the Lord. He is the God of Israel. The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard about it.Then those enemies came to Zerubbabel. The family leaders of Israel were with him. The enemies said,“ We want to help you build. We’re just like you. We worship your God. We offer sacrifices to him. We’ve been doing that ever since the time of Esarhaddon. He was king of Assyria. He brought our people here.”

So Jezebel sent a message to Elijah. She said,“ You can be sure that I will kill you, just as I killed the other prophets. I’ll do it by this time tomorrow. If I don’t, may the gods punish me greatly.”

Forces that destroy are at work inside it. Its streets are full of people who cheat others and take advantage of them.If an enemy were making fun of me, I could stand it. If he were getting ready to oppose me, I could hide.But it’s you, someone like myself. It’s my companion, my close friend.We used to enjoy good friendship at the house of God. We used to walk together among those who came to worship.Let death take my enemies by surprise. Let them be buried alive, because their hearts and homes are full of evil.

Suppose people order something to happen. It won’t happen unless the Lord has planned it.

After Absalom had lived in Jerusalem for four years, he went and spoke to the king. He said,“ Let me go to Hebron. I want to keep a promise I made to the Lord.When I was living at Geshur in Aram, I made a promise. I said,‘ If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I’ll go to Hebron and worship him there.’ ”The king said to him,“ Go in peace.” So he went to Hebron.Then Absalom sent messengers secretly to all the tribes of Israel. They said,“ Listen for the sound of trumpets. As soon as you hear them, say,‘ Absalom has become king in Hebron.’ ”Absalom had taken 200 men from Jerusalem with him to Hebron. He had invited them to be his guests. They went without having any idea what was going to happen.While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel. Ahithophel was David’s adviser. He came to Absalom from Giloh, his hometown. The number of people who followed Absalom kept growing. So he became more and more able to carry out his plans against David.

Everyone tells lies to their neighbors. With their lips they praise others, but they don’t really mean it.May the Lord close all lips that don’t mean what they say. May he stop every tongue that brags.

Judas, who was going to hand Jesus over, had arranged a signal with them.“ The one I kiss is the man,” he said.“ Arrest him.”So Judas went to Jesus at once. He said,“ Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him.

Absalom and all the men of Israel agreed. They said,“ The advice of Hushai, the Arkite, is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” The Lord had decided that Ahithophel’s good advice would fail. The Lord wanted to bring horrible trouble on Absalom.

Enemies use their words as a mask. They hide their evil plans in their hearts.Even though what they say can be charming, don’t believe them. That’s because seven things God hates fill that person’s heart.

Then Jehu brought together all the people. He said to them,“ Ahab served the god named Baal a little. I will serve him a lot.Send for all of Baal’s prophets. Also send for all his priests and the others who serve him. Make sure that not a single one is missing. I’m going to hold a great sacrifice to honor Baal. Anyone who doesn’t come will be killed.” But Jehu was lying to them. He was planning to destroy everyone who served Baal.

The wisdom of this world is foolish in God’s eyes. It is written,“ God catches wise people in their own evil plans.”( Job 5:13)It is also written,“ The Lord knows that the thoughts of wise people don’t amount to anything.”( Psalm 94:11)

No wisdom, wise saying or plan can succeed against the Lord.

Make sure you are right. Go and check things out again. Find out where David usually goes. Find out who has seen him there. People tell me he’s very tricky.Find out about all the hiding places he uses. Come back to me with all the facts. I’ll go with you. Suppose he’s in the area. Then I’ll track him down among all the family groups of Judah.”